Comments on: NYCT head Roberts aiming for cleaner stations http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/07/nyct-head-roberts-aiming-for-cleaner-stations/ A New York City Subway Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:38:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Less Transit money leads to dirtier stations :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/07/nyct-head-roberts-aiming-for-cleaner-stations/#comment-61937 Less Transit money leads to dirtier stations :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:09:09 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1466#comment-61937 [...] in the fall, he spoke at length about his desire for cleaner stations. Roberts talked about the various plans in the works to beef up the maintenance crews around the system. Ah, to be in October. Those were simpler [...] [...] in the fall, he spoke at length about his desire for cleaner stations. Roberts talked about the various plans in the works to beef up the maintenance crews around the system. Ah, to be in October. Those were simpler [...]

]]> By: herenthere http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/07/nyct-head-roberts-aiming-for-cleaner-stations/#comment-55927 herenthere Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:24:09 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1466#comment-55927 Maybe they should use the Vaktrak more often...Lex/53St E/V tracks are filthy-I think I spotted stagnant yellow/green water one time there. Maybe they should use the Vaktrak more often…Lex/53St E/V tracks are filthy-I think I spotted stagnant yellow/green water one time there.

]]> By: R2 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/07/nyct-head-roberts-aiming-for-cleaner-stations/#comment-53649 R2 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:46:18 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1466#comment-53649 Absolutely correct. Picking up after oneself is a lesson too many have not learned. When I was a kid in the 80's (during which the streets and subways were appreciably dirtier), if I ever dared to just throw something out onto the platform or street, my mom would promptly scold me and make me pick up after myself. Would go something like this: <I> Me: Who cares? It's dirty anyway. Where am I gonna put it?? Mom: I do! Pick it up now! Wait until we get home. So, lesson learned. Now if only more people could get slapped (physically AND with a ticket) for littering, the subways would be pristine. What people fail to understand is that human activity (i.e. trash) gives rise to vermin: roaches, mice, rats, pigeons. We are their food source! If we suddenly disappeared, their populations would plummet (and much more so than the stock market, might I add) Absolutely correct.

Picking up after oneself is a lesson too many have not learned.
When I was a kid in the 80’s (during which the streets and subways were appreciably dirtier), if I ever dared to just throw something out onto the platform or street, my mom would promptly scold me and make me pick up after myself.

Would go something like this:

Me: Who cares? It’s dirty anyway. Where am I gonna put it??
Mom: I do! Pick it up now! Wait until we get home.

So, lesson learned. Now if only more people could get slapped (physically AND with a ticket) for littering, the subways would be pristine.

What people fail to understand is that human activity (i.e. trash) gives rise to vermin: roaches, mice, rats, pigeons. We are their food source! If we suddenly disappeared, their populations would plummet (and much more so than the stock market, might I add)

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/07/nyct-head-roberts-aiming-for-cleaner-stations/#comment-53555 Alon Levy Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:17:27 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1466#comment-53555 I would mind a ban on food. So would anyone who's ever been hungry while traveling from one neighborhood to another. Singapore's rapid transit is antiseptic. It's also perfectly useless unless you live and work at neighborhood centers, which are with one exception not the main job or retail centers. I'd much rather New York spend its money focusing on more functional stations and track repairs than on aesthetics; if it has money just for cleaning, it should spend it on reducing the elevators' stench, not reducing the sight of debris on the tracks. I would mind a ban on food. So would anyone who’s ever been hungry while traveling from one neighborhood to another.

Singapore’s rapid transit is antiseptic. It’s also perfectly useless unless you live and work at neighborhood centers, which are with one exception not the main job or retail centers. I’d much rather New York spend its money focusing on more functional stations and track repairs than on aesthetics; if it has money just for cleaning, it should spend it on reducing the elevators’ stench, not reducing the sight of debris on the tracks.

]]> By: B http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/07/nyct-head-roberts-aiming-for-cleaner-stations/#comment-53530 B Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:32:46 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1466#comment-53530 people eating isn't the problem. the problem is people being slobs. anybody notice a greater number of rats/mice recently? everywhere - tracks, platforms, streets, parks. 86th st in bay ridge is pretty horrendous. rats coming out of the rusted garbage can on the platform on one end. and through the rusted door on the other end of the platform. beautiful. people eating isn’t the problem. the problem is people being slobs.

anybody notice a greater number of rats/mice recently? everywhere – tracks, platforms, streets, parks.

86th st in bay ridge is pretty horrendous. rats coming out of the rusted garbage can on the platform on one end. and through the rusted door on the other end of the platform. beautiful.

]]> By: Kevin http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/07/nyct-head-roberts-aiming-for-cleaner-stations/#comment-53386 Kevin Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:23:38 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1466#comment-53386 Fining people would help but it's very difficult to catch people in the act unless they have a transit officer walking through a train more frequently rather than just poking their head at certain stations. I wouldn't mind a ban on food after stepping on the remains of a mostly-eaten plum on the F this morning while getting a seat. Fining people would help but it’s very difficult to catch people in the act unless they have a transit officer walking through a train more frequently rather than just poking their head at certain stations.

I wouldn’t mind a ban on food after stepping on the remains of a mostly-eaten plum on the F this morning while getting a seat.

]]> By: Boris http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/10/07/nyct-head-roberts-aiming-for-cleaner-stations/#comment-53371 Boris Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:47:39 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1466#comment-53371 I'm against equating eating and littering on the subway. Back in 7th grade I lived in the Bronx and went to an after-school program in Manhattan twice a week. My only time to eat was while I was in transit. A "no eating on the subway" policy would've left me without dinner on those days. I used reusable containers and didn't throw anything out. People should be fined for littering, sure. But the slow speeds and great distances of our subway make an eating restriction very difficult to live with. I’m against equating eating and littering on the subway. Back in 7th grade I lived in the Bronx and went to an after-school program in Manhattan twice a week. My only time to eat was while I was in transit. A “no eating on the subway” policy would’ve left me without dinner on those days. I used reusable containers and didn’t throw anything out.

People should be fined for littering, sure. But the slow speeds and great distances of our subway make an eating restriction very difficult to live with.

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